I barely know where to start, but I feel like I need to say something. I tend to steer away from politics or controversial subjects on my FB because things get too heated and people get all extreme and wacky on both sides. And its hard to articulate big issues on FB. And this is my Totally Desperate Mom page for the love. Bear with me. I feel like my white self who only knows good cops will burst if I dont share something on this topic. When my husband came home from Bible Study the night of the Ferguson decision, I was on the couch watching the news. Tears in my eyes. So sad. He said I had a feeling this is what I would come home to. He knows me. He knows my heart. In tears I told him I was glad I wasnt a black male and I was glad I wasnt a cop. So sad for the black community. So sad for the law enforcement community. There are great cops out there. Cops who are not racist, not using excessive force. Cops who are protecting our communities, upholding the law, risking their lives all the time. Most of them are doing the best they can, making split second decisions, and would and do sacrifice their own lives to protect the innocent. Many get killed in the line of duty protecting us. And that is awful and unjust. If their murderers were not at least given a trial, there would be protests. I also feel deeply for my black brothers and sisters. They experience racism in a way and in a frequency that us white people cannot understand. We just cant. And many are discounting the messages behind the #blacklivesmatter and say that all lives matter, which downplays the pain and the fear and the discouragement and the frustration blacks are feeling. Of course all lives matter. And guess what? Most black people think that all lives matter too. Thats not what #blacklivesmatter is about. How do I know this? Because I am listening. I will never be able to fully understand the systematic racism that exists or the black experience. And I dont know if the Ferguson situation was racial or unjust. I wasnt there. I didnt read the entire transcript. Its confusing to me. Perhaps in this case, maybe the cop really feared for his life, thought Michael Brown was going to kill him. And if thats the case, what a shame that Officer Wilsons life is now poop. And shoot, I dont know how to clean up the mess of that whole situation and the broken community. But it obviously struck a nerve with the black community. Listen. I did watch the I Cant Breathe video of Eric Garner and it made me cry. And no trial. And people are protesting. Listen. Sure there will always be some irrational voices, some looters, some people looking for fame . . . dont let them drown out the voices of real people, with real life experiences, who are hurting, and who are speaking out for a better system. I wont drown out the voices of the police officers either. And I pray we dont become a country who brushes broad and negative strokes across the law enforcement community. We NEED them. So what do we do? Well, thats part of what is tearing me up because I dont know. And it makes me sad. And I am praying. I pray that people would bring some solutions to the table. I pray that God would remove any racial bias that may be in me. I pray for healing. I pray for moms with black boys/men, because the fear...oh my word. I pray for the wives and moms of police officers, because the fear...oh my word. God helps us.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 05:56:29 +0000
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